How to Stop People-Pleasing and Build Self-Worth That Isn’t Fake. Let me start here: being exquisitely attuned to other people’s moods, needs, micro-expressions, and unspoken tensions is not a flaw. It is extraordinary. To feel that much. To register the slight shift in tone. To sense when someone is off before they do. To care…. Continue Reading
The Mental Health Reset You Need This New Year (No Exercise or Journaling in Sight)
Burnout Recovery for Working Professionals. Ah, the fresh shimmer of a new year. The hopeful feeling that maybe this is the year you don’t crumble by April. The intoxicating promise of a clean slate, new habits, a better headspace, and a life that feels more like yours. And then, within weeks (or days), the pressure… Continue Reading
Career Burnout in Your 30s and Beyond: The Signs No One Talks About (And How to Reclaim Your Energy)
Earlier this year I had a conversation that keeps replaying in my mind, with a woman who leads a Government department researching some of the toughest institutional problems you can imagine. She told me she was looking for signs of stress, burnout, or vicarious trauma in her staff: Exhaustion, avoidance, and ‘checking out’. Basically the… Continue Reading
My Boss Is Destroying Me… But I Can’t Leave (Yet)
How to survive a toxic boss without quitting Let me tell you a story about a woman I’ll call M. She’d worked her way up in her role over five years—loyal, self-directed, good at mentoring junior staff even when it wasn’t in her job description. Her boss? A master of plausible deniability. Think public praise,… Continue Reading
The One Word New Year’s Resolution
The One Word New Year’s Resolution As the New Year approaches, we’re flooded with talk of resolutions. It’s a time for grand plans, ambitious goals, and long lists of things we hope to change. But if you’ve ever watched your January resolutions fade by February (I know I have), you get how overwhelming and unsustainable… Continue Reading
No One Is Going To Force You To Rest
How to unplug and get more rest It seems like everyone is overworked at the moment. Even people who aren’t ‘officially’ in the workforce are overwhelmed and struggling to find the time to rest and figure out how to unplug. But is that lack of time only because of external circumstances? Hands up if you’ve… Continue Reading
